Understanding Retirement from Sports: Therapeutic Ideas for Helping Athletes in Transition.

Baillie, Patrick H. F.

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ERIC Number: EJ468265

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Understanding Retirement from Sports: Therapeutic Ideas for Helping Athletes in Transition.

Baillie, Patrick H. F.

Counseling Psychologist, v21 n3 p399-410 Jul 1993

Describes meaning that sport involvement may have for athlete, and indicates how affiliation with identity as athlete may influence adjustment to retirement. Presents suggestions for various programs to assist athletes before, during, and after their retirement from competition, with special attention given to the application of life development intervention approach. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Athletes, Athletics, College Students, Coping, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Higher Education, Individual Development, Preretirement Education, Retirement

Publication Type: Reports - General; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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